Chessboxer - Stephen Davies

Thrilling, tense and hard-hitting, Chessboxer is perfect for fans of Netflix''s The Queen''s Gambit''Gripping and surprising. I gulped it down'' Sarah CrossanLeah Baxter is a genius. She''s a few wins away from becoming a junior chess grandmaster, and her life is on course to achieve everything her mom and coach want for her. But Leah is at stalemate – grieving for her father, and feeling suffocated. She decides to make the ultimate sacrifice and quit chess. But chess doesn''t want to quit her. Soon Leah discovers her new gambit: chessboxing, a dangerous hybrid sport which will test her body and mind to their limits. Can the pawn become the queen?